Warren cook



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, Patented Feb. 6, 1883.

INVENTDRE M @mf/ ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES FFI'CE.

' ATENT PICK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 271,797, dated February6, 1883.

Application filed May 23. 1882.

(ModeLl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN 000K, of Allegheny City, in the county ofAllegheny and,

The invention consists in a pick construct- Y ed with a platehavingrecessed wings and transverse grooves, whereby 'when the plate is foldedsockets will beformed for the handle and for the tapered ends ofimplements-such as mattocks, pick-points, hammers, axes, &0.- which endsof the implements are passed into ,the sockets formed by the foldedplate, and are held therein, so that my im'moved pick can be used likean ordinary pick but the diiferentimplements can be changed very easilyand. rapidly as the circumstances may require. The folded plateis heldtogether by rivets or bolts, and the folded plate is held on the handleby a ring placed around the ends of the recessed wings. I

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding partsin all the figures. l

Figure l is a longitudinal elevation of my improved pick, showing twopick-points secured in the sockets. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the plate forming the sockets, the platebeing extended or unfolded. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hammer.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the mattock. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of the pick-point. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the ax. Fig. 8'is an edge elevation showing a modification of the socket.

A metal plate, A, is provided with two opposite lateral wings, B, whichare stamped or pressed toform recesses or countersinks U, which arerounded, enlarged, and deepened at the inner ends, so'thatwhenthesewings arev The two wings are held against the handle D by atapering ring, E, which is passed over thelower ends of the wings whenthe same are folded against the handle.

The plate A is provided with two transverse grooves, F, with beveledsides ortriangular cross-section, which grooves extend across the plateA, at or near right angles to the wings B, and these grooves are taperedfrom both ends toward the middle, so that when the plate is folded thegrooves F will form two tapering squared sockets, H, for receiving thetapering squared ends of picks, hammers, &c. The sides of the plates areheld to each other when folded by bolts or rivets Gr, passed throughthem, as shown in Figsl and 2. The sockets H will extend longitudinallyalong the upper part or edge vof the folded plate held on the handle,and the sockets willbe slightly inclined from the middle of the top ofthe folded plate toward the ends. The pick-point J, the hammer K, themattock L, and the ax M are provided with squared tapering eudls N,which fit into the sockets H, and at the inner ends of the tapering endsthese implements are each provided with a shoulder, a, whichrestsagainst the outer ends of the sockets H and prevent the implementsfrom being driven too far into the sockets. The folded plate A, formingthe sockets, is held firmly on the handle D, and can be attached anddetached very rapidly and conveniently, and the implementssuch as apick, mattock, adz, ax, &c.-can be easily placed into thesocketsH andremoved from the same, so that the pick can easily be adjusted foritsditt'erentuses.

If desired, the sockets H can be arranged to have the bottom side atright angles to the upper edge of the plate A, as is shown in Fig.

8, the tapered ends of the implement having a corresponding position inrelation to the cut-- at the inner ends, and with transverse grooves.

having beveled sides, and which are tapered from the ends toward themiddle, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

2. In a pick, the combination,with the handle D, of the plate A,provided with recessed wings B and transverse grooves F, and of thebolts or rivets G, for uniting the plate when folded, substantially asherein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a pick, the combination, with the handle D, of the plate A,provided with recessed wings B and transverse grooves F, the bolts orrivets G, and the collar or ring E, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a pick, the combination, with the handle'D, of the plate A,provided with recessed wings B and transverse grooves F, forming socketsH, and of implements-such as picks, mattooks, hammers, &c.having' oneend squared and beveled, and provided with a shoulder, a, at the innerend of the squared and beveled part, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

